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Mother's Applesauce Cake

Mother's Applesauce Cake

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  • 90 Min
  • 16 Servings
  • $15

INGREDIENTS

  • Cake

    • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • 🧂 ½ teaspoon salt
    • 🌿 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
    • 3 teaspoons baking soda
    • 🧈 ½ cup butter
    • 2 cups packed brown sugar
    • 🥚 2 eggs, beaten
    • 🍎 3 cups unsweetened applesauce
    • ½ cup raisins
    • ½ cup dates, pitted and chopped
    • 1 cup chopped walnuts

  • Icing

    • 🧈 ½ cup butter
    • 1 cup packed brown sugar
    • 🥛 ¼ cup milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

STEPS

1

Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). Grease and flour a tube pan.

2

Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and baking soda. Set aside.

3

Cream together ½ cup butter and 2 cups brown sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs. Add flour mixture alternately with applesauce, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in raisins, dates, and walnuts.

4

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 ½ hours. Cool on a wire rack.

5

To prepare icing, melt ½ cup butter in a small saucepan over low heat and stir in 1 cup brown sugar. Boil for 2 minutes. Stir in milk and return to a boil. Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla and confectioners' sugar.

6

Frost the cooled cake with prepared icing.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

526

Calories

  • 5
    Protein
  • 91
    Carbs
  • 17
    Fats

💡 Use fresh applesauce for the best flavor.Soak raisins in warm water for 10 minutes to make them more tender before mixing into the batter.Let the cake cool completely before applying the icing to prevent melting.